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** It's commented upon that a turn of the prison toilet was in more demand than a ''Cup Final'' ticket.

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** It's commented upon that a turn of the prison toilet was in more demand than a ''Cup Final'' Cup Final ticket.



** Sharon warns Tracey that Darryl is going downhill faster than Cyril Smith on a ''Teflon'' coated sled.

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** Sharon warns Tracey that Darryl is going downhill faster than Cyril Smith on a ''Teflon'' Teflon coated sled.
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* DoItYourselfThemeTune: From this episode onward, the theme tune is sung by Creator/LindaRobson (Tracey) and Pauline Quirke (Sharon).

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* DoItYourselfThemeTune: From this episode onward, the theme tune is sung by Creator/LindaRobson (Tracey) and Pauline Quirke Creator/PaulineQuirke (Sharon).



* RearrangeTheSong: Beginning in this episode, the theme song is now sung by Pauline Quirke and Creator/LindaRobson.

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* RearrangeTheSong: Beginning in this episode, the theme song is now sung by Pauline Quirke Creator/PaulineQuirke and Creator/LindaRobson.
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* DoItYourselfThemeTune: From this episode onward, the theme tune is sung by Linda Robson (Tracey) and Pauline Quirke (Sharon).

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* DoItYourselfThemeTune: From this episode onward, the theme tune is sung by Linda Robson Creator/LindaRobson (Tracey) and Pauline Quirke (Sharon).



* RearrangeTheSong: Beginning in this episode, the theme song is now sung by Pauline Quirke and Linda Robson.

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* RearrangeTheSong: Beginning in this episode, the theme song is now sung by Pauline Quirke and Linda Robson.Creator/LindaRobson.
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--->'''Tracey''': Well she can piss off and all!

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--->'''Tracey''': Well Well, she can piss off and all!
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* ProductPlacement:
** The receptionist at the hairdressers tells Sharon there's a Spudulike nearby.
** Sharon mentions ''Teflon'' in a joke.
** Sharon also makes a joke about a ''Yorkie''.
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** Sharon calls a hairdresser "Vidal", referring to British hairstylist Vidal Sassoon.
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-->-- '''Sharon Theodopolopodous''' trying to steal from her husband Chris with a reluctant '''Tracey Stubbs'''.
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-->'''Tracey''': Go on, get out! SLING YER 'OOK! Get out!
-->'''Sharon''': It weren't me, it was 'er!
-->'''Tracey''': Well she can piss off and all!

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-->'''Tracey''': --->'''Tracey''': Go on, get out! SLING YER 'OOK! Get out!
-->'''Sharon''': --->'''Sharon''': It weren't me, it was 'er!
-->'''Tracey''': --->'''Tracey''': Well she can piss off and all!
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-->'''Tracey''': You wouldn' catch me stealin' off my own husband.
-->'''Sharon''': An' Chris won't catch me if you pay that into y'bank account.

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-->'''Tracey''': ->'''Tracey''': You wouldn' catch me stealin' off my own husband.
-->'''Sharon''': ->'''Sharon''': An' Chris won't catch me if you pay that into y'bank account.

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** The receptionist at the hairdressers tells Sharon there's a Spudulike nearby.



** The receptionist at the hairdressers tells Sharon there's a Spudulike nearby.
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* LoanShark: Chris considers becoming one of these with the premium bonds tat he's won.

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* LoanShark: Chris considers becoming one of these with the premium bonds tat that he's won.
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** Dorien tries to serve drinks like Creator/PatrickSwayze has them in ''Film/{{Ghost}}''.

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** Dorien tries to serve drinks like Creator/PatrickSwayze has them in ''Film/{{Ghost}}''.''Film/Ghost1990''.

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-->'''Tracey''': You wouldn' catch me stealin' off my own husband.
-->'''Sharon''': An' Chris won't catch me if you pay that into y'bank account.



* AutoErotica: Sharon lies about having sex with a French lorry driver in his secret bedroom compartment.



* DoItYourselfThemeTune: From this episode onwards, the theme tune is sung by Linda Robson (Tracey) and Pauline Quirke (Sharon).

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* DoItYourselfThemeTune: From this episode onwards, onward, the theme tune is sung by Linda Robson (Tracey) and Pauline Quirke (Sharon).



* EmbarrassingNickname: Chris repeatedly called Sharon "Mount Olympus" in his wedding speech.
* FireBreathingDiner: Dorien tricks Sharon into eating a spicy chili at dinner.



* GetOut:
** Sharon gets kicked out of the prison for slapping Chris.
** Tracey kicks out Sharon and Dorien after an argument at dinner.
-->'''Tracey''': Go on, get out! SLING YER 'OOK! Get out!
-->'''Sharon''': It weren't me, it was 'er!
-->'''Tracey''': Well she can piss off and all!



** Dorien tells Tracey and Sharon that she once pulled a rabbi at a funeral and had a long period of having an attraction to driving instructors.
** Some Scottish prisoners broke the prison boiler trying to make whiskey.



* PageThreeStunna: Tracey gets upset when Darryl wants her to dress like a page three bird.
* ProductPlacement:
** Sharon mentions ''Teflon'' in a joke.
** Sharon also makes a joke about a ''Yorkie''.



* RichLanguagePoorLanguage: Dorien gets confused by the phrase "banged up" and says "banged down" instead.
* RuleOfPool: Sharon mentions Tracey can't throw her out of the pool, only into it.



* SexyPriest: Dorien once pulled a hunky rabbi.
* ShipTease: Darryl mentions having saucy dreams about Sharon.



** The receptionist at the hairdressers tells Sharon there's a Spudulike nearby.
** Tracey comments that Sharon doesn't exactly look like she's off the see the [[UsefulNotes/TheBritishRoyalFamily Queen Mother]].



** Tracey comments that Sharon doesn't exactly look like she's off the see the [[UsefulNotes/TheBritishRoyalFamily Queen Mother]].

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** Sharon mentions Nigel Dempster.
** Dorien tries to serve drinks like Creator/PatrickSwayze has them in ''Film/{{Ghost}}''.
** Sharon calls Chris "[[Film/TheGodfather Don Corleone]]".
* SuddenlyShouting:
Tracey comments that when telling Sharon doesn't exactly look and Dorien to GetOut
* TakeThat:
** Sharon warns Tracey that Darryl is going downhill faster than Cyril Smith on a ''Teflon'' coated sled.
** Sharon tells Tracey that Darryl looks
like she's off Literature/WorzelGummidge and that it seems he hasn't washed his hair since UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher got the see the [[UsefulNotes/TheBritishRoyalFamily Queen Mother]].boot.
** Chris tells Darryl he's got worse stubble than Yasser Arafat.

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* DoItYourselfThemeTune: From this episode onwards, the theme tune is sung by Linda Robson (Tracey) and Pauline Quirke (Sharon).



* OneShotCharacter: Sonia Wiggins.



** It's commented upon that a turn of the prison toilet was in more demand than a Cup Final ticket.

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** It's commented upon that a turn of the prison toilet was in more demand than a Cup Final ''Cup Final'' ticket.
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** The title of the episode is a reference to the BritCom Series/KeepingUpAppearances.

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** The title of the episode is a reference to the BritCom Series/KeepingUpAppearances.''Series/KeepingUpAppearances''.
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Date Aired: 31/08/1991

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* Date First Aired: 31/08/1991
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* BaitAndSwitch: Darryl can be seen looking at what appears to be a razor blade and commenting that he's "a total waste of space", suggesting that he's about to off himself. Turns out that he was going to use the opportunity to clean himself up.

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* BaitAndSwitch: BaitAndSwitchSuicide: Darryl can be seen looking at what appears to be a razor blade and commenting that he's "a total waste of space", suggesting that he's about to off himself. Turns out that he was going to use the opportunity to clean himself up.
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* RearrangeTheSong: Beginning in this episode, the theme song is now sung by the sisters.

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* RearrangeTheSong: Beginning in this episode, the theme song is now sung by the sisters.Pauline Quirke and Linda Robson.

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* BaitAndSwitch: Darryl can be seen looking at what appears to be a razor blade and commenting that he's "a total waste of space", suggesting that he's about to off himself. Turns out that he was going to use the opportunity to clean himself up.



** This hasn't been the first time that week that Sharon had been picked out of a prison visit.

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** This hasn't been the first time that week that Sharon had been picked kicked out of a prison visit.



* SeriouslyScruffy: Darryl's struggles with prison is apparently beginning to reflect in his appearance, with him becoming more dishevelled and scruffy.

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* SeriouslyScruffy: Darryl's struggles with prison is apparently beginning starting to reflect in his appearance, with him becoming more dishevelled and scruffy.scruffy. He does clean up though.




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* WolfWhistle: The prisoners do this when a woman comes in wearing a particularly sexy outfit.
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* LoanShark: Chris considers becoming one of these with the premium bonds tat he's won.


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* SeriouslyScruffy: Darryl's struggles with prison is apparently beginning to reflect in his appearance, with him becoming more dishevelled and scruffy.
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** Tracey comments that Sharon doesn't exactly look like she's off the see the [[UsefulNotes/BritishRoyalFamily Queen Mother]].

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** Tracey comments that Sharon doesn't exactly look like she's off the see the [[UsefulNotes/BritishRoyalFamily [[UsefulNotes/TheBritishRoyalFamily Queen Mother]].
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Date Aired: 31/08/1991

While a prison visit ends with Sharon being ejected for violently slapping Chris in the face, Darryl's appearance appears to have taken a turn for the worse. Nevertheless, he desires for Tracey to look sexier on her next visit, so Dorien offers to allow her to borrow a selection of revealing outfits.

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!!Tropes In This Episode:
* DopeSlap: Chris ends up pissing Sharon so much that she slaps him in the face.
* TheFoodPoisoningIncident: Sharon got food poisoning whilst she and Tracey were taking Garth to Chessington when he was five.
* ForgedMessage: Sharon plans to forge Chris' signature so that she can cash in of £100.
* NoodleIncident:
** A circus performer was in Sharon's flat for a time, complete with performing seals.
** This hasn't been the first time that week that Sharon had been picked out of a prison visit.
* NoseNuggets: Sharon mentions seeing Darryl pick his nose and wiping it on the underneath of the table.
* RearrangeTheSong: Beginning in this episode, the theme song is now sung by the sisters.
* ShoutOut:
** The title of the episode is a reference to the BritCom Series/KeepingUpAppearances.
** It's commented upon that a turn of the prison toilet was in more demand than a Cup Final ticket.
** Tracey comments that Sharon doesn't exactly look like she's off the see the [[UsefulNotes/BritishRoyalFamily Queen Mother]].

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